93 Neb. 364 | Neb. | 1913
The plaintiff began this action in tbe district court for Lancaster county against this defendant to quiet bis title in a certain city lot described in tbe petition, and to cancel a deed of dedication executed by a former owner of tbe lot. The district court entered a decree in favor of tbe defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The petition alleges that one Lizzie E. Reeves was formerly tbe owner of the lot in question, and neglected to pay tbe county and city taxes assessed thereon for the year 1889, and subsequent taxes, and that on tbe 29th day of November, 1890, tbe lot was duly sold at a regular tax sale, according to law, and that tbe Farmers Loan & Trust Company purchased tbe lot at that sale, and afterwards tbe purchaser paid tbe subsequent taxes and foreclosed its lien for taxes and a decree of foreclosure was duly entered, and pursuant thereto tbe lot was duly and regularly sold by tbe sheriff of the county under.tbe order of tbe court, tbe sale confirmed, and a deed duly ordered, executed and delivered to tbe Farmers Loan & Trust Company. Tbe deed was regularly recorded in the proper office on tbe 23d day of August, 1898. Tbe plaintiff purchased the lot from tbe Farmers Loan & Trust Company, and in July, 1902, tbe said company executed a deed of conveyance to tbe plaintiff conveying tbe said lot, which deed was duly recorded in August, 1902. In December,
In the case at bar there was not only a valid lien for' taxés of at least as high a grade as the lien of a judgment, but the land had actually been sold by virtue of the lien, and the interest so acquired in the land afterwards ripened
The decree of the district court is reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to enter a decree for the plaintiff as prayed.
Reversed.